Apple Confirms its Acquisition of Shazam and its Music Identification Technology...

Apple Confirms its Acquisition of Shazam and its Music Identification Technology... xda-developers Dec 12, 2017 8:00 PM • by Adam Conway Apple Confirms its Acquisition of Shazam and its Music Identification Technology After a few days of rumours surrounding Apple's possible acquisition of the British-founded Shazam, Apple has confirmed to BuzzFeed that it has acquired the firm and all of its assets. It is currently unknown just how much the firm cost, but it does not exceed $1 billion. A few days ago, TechCrunch put the figure somewhere around the $400 million mark. This marks yet another music-related acquisition for Apple, after acquiring the Beats brand (in the form of Beats Music and Beats Electronics) back in 2014 for $3 billion and the TV show, Carpool Karaoke, last year. It is currently unknown what the company plans to do with Shazam, only telling BuzzFeed "we have exciting plans in store, and we look forward to combining with Shazam upon approval of today's agreement." Shazam is one of the most popular applications in the world, and it has remained consistently in the top 10 downloaded applications on both the Android and iOS app stores since 2013. The application supplies users an easy to use music identifier so that when they're out and about and hear a song they like, they can simply use the application to identify what they're hearing. Shazam uses the device's microphone to record a snippet of the song and matche the song against an online database so that the user can later go home and listen to it. The application has over 1 billion downloads across all of the platforms it supports, which when combined with Apple Music, makes sense why Apple looked to acquire the company. For us Android users, there may be a small cause for concern if you use the application. Back when Apple acquired Beats, they cancelled support of the Android application "Beats Music", later amalgamating the service into Apple Music. It's possible that they will make the application an Apple Music exclusive, so we'll have to wait and see what comes of the deal. Source: BuzzFeed Android Advices Nov 24, 2017 2:17 PM • by Teja Chedalla CENTRiC A1 Smartphone Launched with 5.5″ Full HD Display & Quick Charge 3.0 Support Earlier this year, the Indian smartphone brand CENTRiC had launched four new budget smartphones – CENTRiC L1, CENTRiC P1, CENTRiC P1 Plus and CENTRiC G1. All these devices are priced under Rs. 10,000 and came with 4G VoLTE support. Now, the company is all set to launch a new smartphone called Centric A1. It is priced at Rs. 10,999 and offers unibody metal design. The smartphone will be available in Metallic Earl Grey, White & Peach Gold, Gold & Peach Gold color options. Unlike many other smartphones in the budget segment, the CENTRiC A1 packs uncompromised specifications. It sports a 5.5-inch In-cell display with Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) and includes Dragontrail Glass protection on the top. Under the hood, the CENTRiC A1 is powered by a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 (MSM8937) Octa-core processor coupled with Adreno 505 GPU. It includes 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage that can be expanded additionally up to 256GB via a MicroSD card. On the rear of the device is a 13MP camera with PDAF, 5P lens, and dual LED flash. There is an 8MP front-facing camera with LED flash and 90-degree Field-of-View for wider selfies. The device supports dual SIM dual standby using the hybrid SIM slot. It is backed by a 3,000mAh non-removable that is rated to give up to 15 hours of talk time and lasts up to 210 hours in standby mode. The CENTRiC A1 also supports Quick Charge 3.0 that can give 4 hours of talk time with just 10 minutes of charging. The fingerprint sensor is placed on the rear of the device. Connectivity options include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, A-GPS, FM Radio, 3.5mm headphone jack, and USB Type-C port. It runs on Android 7.1.1 Nougat out of the box, and there is no information about the Android 8.0 Oreo update. It also includes a bunch of sensors including Gyroscope, E-Compass, G-Sensor, Light sensor, Proximity sensor, and Hall sensor. The CENTRiC A1 measures 152 x 76 x 7.8 mm and weighs 160 grams. Beneath the display are the three capacitive navigation button for back, home, and multitasking (left to right). Let us know, would you be interested in using a smartphone from a relatively new brand. Share your opinion with us by commenting down below. This email has been sent by Froze ONE (isnanmm0@gmail.com). It is the potion result of 'Tech: Topic watch' from the dashboard 'Personal Dashboard', tab 'Tech > Android'. Unsubscribe © Netvibes 2005-2017 | Terms of service | Privacy Policy Find Netvibes also on: Facebook Twitter Google+ Flickr

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